September 24th
Today was virtually a washout with heavy rain and a fresh south westerly wind blowing until mid afternoon. However the gloom was lifted when I had an email from Terry Wilson to say that he had refound the first winter Grey Phalarope that was seen at Minnis Bay on the 21st at Grenham Bay but that it had flown towards Reculver. We arrived in the area in pouring rain and walked along the promenade at three places and eventually found it feeding in pools not far from the seawall.

First winter Grey Phalarope